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highlands
 


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Flipping Discovery Sport

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Seems having rear wheels with virtually no overhang makes the Yaris GR an excellent movie stunt car. Surprised
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Post #226904625th Dec 2021 9:22 am
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DG
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Obviously selected 'Climb Yaris' mode on the TR2 Laughing
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DSL
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Loved this bit:

Further along the roundabout, traffic appears to have stopped in the center lane for some reason

Maybe, just maybe, coz it’s a roundabout. Whistle Whistle
   
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Looks to me like the offside-rear spring of the Yaris bounced the DS into aerobatic mode.
 
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It’s almost like it just drove up the flared wheel arch of the Yaris.
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Wonder if it would have been a different scenario if a 3 ton D3 had hit it ?
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A Disco could just as easily be flipped like that if the circumstances are right.
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john watson wrote:
Wonder if it would have been a different scenario if a 3 ton D3 had hit it ?


Kerb weight of a D3 is only 300KG more than my PHEV DS
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D3 kerb weight = 2708kg
DS mhev kerb weight: 2028kg

Closer to 700Kg difference by my calculations
  
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No amount of car design can basically save it from having a muppet behind the steering wheel.
  
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DG
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Whats a few hundred KGs between friends Whistle Laughing

...btw I have a PHEV not MHEV which is heavier again
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perhaps it's the weight of DG that makes the difference ? Whistle
  
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DSL
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Maybe that DS needed a suitable counterweight (not saying who) in the front passenger seat. Whistle Whistle
   
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nebc100
 


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Sorry... I correct my value then
Discovery Sport PHEV: 2168kg


Not as much difference as I was expecting.
  
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